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A review by aprilnnp
The Leavers by Lisa Ko
5.0
This book is phenomenal. Lisa Ko weaves a story of two people, a mother and her son, separated, reunited, separated again. I don’t even know that I have words for how well this was written, how separation and trauma can so deeply and completely affect a child. It felt very apt, reading it in these times when children are being so mercilessly taken from their parents at the US border.
This is a story of immigration, adoption, love, loss, turmoil, change, instability in what should be a stable place but never has been. It is a story of injustice, of unspeakable things that will mar a person’s very soul for the rest of their lives. It is a story of, in spite of all that, how incredibly strong, adaptable, persistent the human spirit can be.
Everyone should read this book.
This is a story of immigration, adoption, love, loss, turmoil, change, instability in what should be a stable place but never has been. It is a story of injustice, of unspeakable things that will mar a person’s very soul for the rest of their lives. It is a story of, in spite of all that, how incredibly strong, adaptable, persistent the human spirit can be.
Everyone should read this book.